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• Photographs of the 1903 Francis Younghusband led mission to invade Tibet

  By Buddhism Now on 17 November 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Mission Tibet [1903-1904] Click any photo to view full size gallery. The photographs are of Tibet when the Francis Younghusband led the mission to invade Tibet. In 1903 a substantial army was assembled in Sikkim and camped some 15 miles… Read More ›

• Moss grows

  By Buddhism Now on 16 November 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Zen Poem: In front of the Patriarch’s room the road is smooth…

• This reflective mind, by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 13 November 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  This reflective mind, then, is the still point in the centre. That is why each one of us is important in our own right. You may feel that you are not a very important person, that you are just one of the 5.5 billion on this planet…

• An old Buddhist text written in Yi language

  By Buddhism Now on 11 November 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Sutra on expelling evils and begging fortunes. Click any photo to view full size gallery. Date: acclaimed 1745. Language: Yuanyang dialect, Yi language. Photographs from the British Library  #endangeredarchives project. Thanks to @bl_eap More posts about the #endangeredarchives project.

• The Light of Asia

  By Buddhism Now on 9 November 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Just testing how to embed digital books. This one is the wonderful ‘Light of Asia’ by Sir Edwin Arnold. One of the first books on Buddhism. Have a good read…

• Om When Drunk, by Trevor Leggett

  By Buddhism Now on 8 November 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  At present you are occasionally saying it as a sort of insurance policy, paying a little sum now and then and then forgetting about it. But the time will come when there is a crisis, and you will need to practise seriously to find your way out of it. If you then try repeating ‘Om’ seriously, you will find that there are innumerable low-level associations coming into your mind, which will take a good time to get rid of. And you may not have that much time…

• The Little Pine Tree.

  By Buddhism Now on 7 November 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  The little pine tree puts on a show…

• When you are on Retreat, by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 4 November 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  When you are on retreat, restrictions are placed on your physical actions and speech. But there are also mental restraints and limitations. You are not to simply let your mind go wild or indulge in fantasies. Instead, you are to learn to bring the mind into the present.

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